Last month, Senator John Madigan introduced into the Senate the Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Funding for Certain Types of Abortion) Bill that would remove Medicare funding for sex-selection abortions.

There are reports that sex selection abortions currently take place in Australia for those couples who have a cultural preference for boys or for “family balancing” by parents who want a child of a particular sex.

The bill has now been referred to a Senate Committee for inquiry and report.

The Committee is seeking written submissions to the inquiry from interested individuals and organisations.

We encourage you to make a short submission in support of the bill to ensure unborn children are afforded the most basic of human rights: life.